Port Adelaide Rowing Club

Held at West Lakes on Saturday 28 February, our annual regatta was a great day in competition,  spirit and presentation.  The weather started off fine and clear but, predictably, strong winds took over in the afternoon. 

Our best results:

• Paul, Wayne, Snook and Dave winning the masters men’s coxed four
• Dave and Wayne winning the masters men’s double scull
• Bev, Sue, Helen, Chilli, Kevin, Snook, Bruce and John winning the masters mixed eight and the Keystone Cup
• Aaron, Paul, Dave and Wayne winning the masters men’s coxed quad scull

Special mention also to

• Peter and Colin coming a good second in the masters men’s coxless pair as an H grade crew
• Lauren and Claire coming, respectively, second and third in the schoolgirl year 9 single scull 
• Del, Chrissy, Alison and Lil coming second in the masters women’s coxed four
• Helen and Paul coming second in the masters mixed double scull
• Bruce, John, Kevin, Aaron, Snook, Wayne, Paul and Dave coming second by a whisker in the masters men’s eight
• Angela, Kathy, Liz, Ann, Del, Chrissy, Alison, and Lil coming second in the masters women’s eight

We were honoured to have the Mayor of Port Adelaide Enfield attend to present the inaugural Mayor’s Trophy for the most successful club of the day.  The winner was St Peter’s College, closely followed by Prince Alfred College. 

We thank the many club members contributed to making this day a success:

Aaron, Alex, Alison, Ann, Annabel, Bev, Bruce, Chrissy, Claire, Colin, Dave, Del, Derek, Don, Doug, Elaine, Gerri, Gill, Glenda, Hannah, Helen, Jack, Jane, Jenny, John J, John McC, Joy, Kate, Kathy, Keith, Kevin, Kylie, Lauren, Leoni, Lil, Liz, Luke, Maggie, Michele, Nicole, Paul, Pauline, Peter H, Peter McW, Peter R, Ross, Roy, Scott, Snook, Sue B, Sue T, Vicki and Wayne

We appreciate that many others were ready to fill in whenever needed.

We were specially sorry to miss the company of Alan and John B, both unable to attend due to illness. 

A list of our generous sponsors for the day will be posted soon – watch this space.

Our best results at this 2 day regatta on 20 and 21 February 2009:

• Helen and Paul winning the masters mixed double scull
• Bruce, John, Kevin, Aaron, Snook, Wayne, Paul and Dave winning the masters men’s eight 
• Tommy and Wayne winning the masters men’s double scull

Our best results:

• Jane and Hannah winning the second grade women’s double scull by .75 of a second over Adelaide
• Snook and Wayne winning the second grade men’s coxless pair by 8.62 seconds over Adelaide Uni
• Bruce, John, Kevin, Aaron, Snook, Wayne, Paul and Dave coming second  in Division 1 of the 3 mile eights handicap race
• Lauren, Alex, Jane and Hannah coming second in the second grade women’s coxed quad scull

On Sunday 18 Jan 2009 the Port Adelaide Rowing Club hosted about 100 people and their boats for the UMR 5.5 km time trials.  A colourful flotilla of eights, fours, quads and pairs followed a huge ship down river to  the old quarantine station on a beautiful clear sunny morning on calm blue-green water.  Competing clubs were Port Adelaide, Goolwa, Riverside and Torrens.

 The best time for the 5.5 km was achieved by the champion Port Adelaide masters’ men’s crew ((cox) Vicky, (stroke) Dave, Paul, Wayne, Snook, Kevin, Phil, John, Bruce) in its first outing since the Head of the Yarra, with a time of 18 minutes 14 seconds.  Other results are available through the Union ( douglas.raymond@bigpond.com). 

Thanks to Doug Raymond, President of the UMR, and Ann Douglas (UMR and PARC) for this great day.  Also thanks to our Vicky Knight for the delicious lunch!

Our senior and master squads took part in the Berri Regatta on 12 and 13 December 2008, where we enjoyed the beautiful serenity of the Murray River by day and interrupted it somewhat by night.  Our thanks to the Berri Rowing Club for making this a great weekend for all.

Our seniors

• Hannah and Jane won the second grade women’s double scull both days
• Hannah, Jane, Rachel and Alex coxed by Helen came a competitive second in the second grade women’s coxed quad scull against a particularly strong field
• Nicole, Kylie, Alex and Lauren coxed by Sue came a very good second in the third grade women’s coxed quad scull
• Scott Condon in his first regatta in second grade after only five weeks of rowing 
• Tommy, Scott, Aaron, and Luke coxed by Vicky made a good second in the second grade men’s coxed scull both days 

Our masters

• Dave, Snook, Wayne and Paul coxed by Vicky won the second grade coxed four both days
• Paul and Helen won the masters double scull
• Sue and Helen in a composite crew with Bormann and Wilkinson from Mannum, coxed by Vicky, won the women’s coxed quad scull
• Dave, Paul, Helen and Sue coxed by Vicky won the masters mixed quad scull both days
• Wayne came a strong second in the masters single scull both days to a capable opponent to whom he had to give over a minute’s start

Click here to view   Day 1 results   Day 2 results